1995–96 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team

The 1995–96 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team represented the University of Iowa as members of the Big Ten Conference. The team was led by 10th year head coach Tom Davis, and played their home games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. They finished the season 24–8 overall and 12–6 in Big Ten play. The Hawkeyes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as #6 seed in the West Region.

1995–96 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball
Super Chevy Shootout Champions
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 22
APNo. 21
Record24–8 (12–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coachGary Close
MVPJess Settles
Andre Woolridge
Russ Millard
Home arenaCarver-Hawkeye Arena
(Capacity: 15,500)
Seasons
1995–96 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Indiana[a] 13 5   .722 20 11   .645
No. 18 Penn State 12 6   .667 21 7   .750
No. 21 Iowa[b] 12 6   .667 24 8   .750
Minnesota[c] 11 7   .611 20 10   .667
Wisconsin[d] 9 9   .500 18 14   .563
Michigan State 9 9   .500 16 16   .500
Illinois 7 11   .389 18 13   .581
No. 4 Purdue[e] 6 12   .333 7 23   .233
Ohio State[f] 5 13   .278 12 15   .444
Northwestern[g] 4 14   .222 9 18   .333
Michigan[h] 1 8   .111 1 10   .091
Rankings from AP Poll
Records above are after NCAA sanctions against Minnesota, Purdue, and Michigan as noted:[1]
  1. ^ Indiana adjusted from 12–6, 19–12
  2. ^ Iowa adjusted from 11–7, 23–9
  3. ^ Minnesota adjusted from 10–8, 19–13 (vacated 2 games)
  4. ^ Wisconsin adjusted from 8–10, 17–15
  5. ^ Purdue adjusted from 15–3, 26–6 (forfeit 18 wins, vacated 2 games)
  6. ^ Ohio State adjusted from 3–15, 10–17
  7. ^ Northwestern adjusted from 2–16, 7–20
  8. ^ Michigan adjusted from 10–8/21–11 (vacated 21 games)

Roster

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1995–96 Iowa Hawkeyes men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Hometown
G 3 Kenyon Murray 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Sr Battle Creek, Michigan
F 4 Jess Settles 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Jr Winfield, Iowa
PG 15 Andre Woolridge 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Omaha, Nebraska
G 13 Mon'ter Glasper 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)
Sr Albion, Michigan
G 14 Chris Kingsbury 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Jr Hamilton, Ohio
G 32 Kent McCausland 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Fr Waterloo, Iowa
PF 42 Ryan Bowen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
So Fort Madison, Iowa
F 44 J. R. Koch 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Fr Morton, Illinois
G 45 Darryl Moore 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
So Chicago, Illinois
F 50 Alvin Robinson 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Fr Chicago, Illinois
F/C 52 Russ Millard 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Sr Cedar Rapids, Iowa
C 55 Greg Helmers 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
So Palmer, Iowa
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site
city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/22/1995*
No. 10 vs. Ohio
Great Alaska Shootout
W 78-51[2]  1-0
 18  Millard   13  Bowen   7  Glasper  Sullivan Arena (7,863)
Anchorage, AK
11/24/1995*
No. 10 vs. No. 6 Connecticut
Great Alaska Shootout Semifinal
W 101-95 OT[3] 2-0
 30  Kingsbury   7  Kingsbury   7  Woolridge  Sullivan Arena (7,863)
Anchorage, AK
11/25/1995*
No. 10 vs. Duke
Great Alaska Shootout Final
L 81-88[4]  2-1
 16  Millard, Kingsbury   8  Murray   5  Woolridge  Sullivan Arena (7,863)
Anchorage, AK
11/28/1995*
No. 11 Drake
Iowa Big Four
W 98-66[5]  3-1
 22  Millard   10  Millard   8  Woolridge  Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, IA
12/1/1995*
No. 11 East Tennessee State
Super Chevy Shootout
W 104-58  4-1
 17  Millard   9  Koch   8  Settles  Carver-Hawkeye Arena (14,978)
Iowa City, IA
12/2/1995*
No. 11 Colgate
Super Chevy Shootout
W 79-59[6]  5-1
 14  Millard   12  Settles   5  Woolridge  Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,147)
Iowa City, IA
12/5/1995*
No. 12 at Northern Iowa
Iowa Big Four
W 78-73[7]  6-1
 20  Settles   15  Settles   5  Woolridge  UNI-Dome 
Cedar Falls, IA
12/9/1995*
No. 12 at Iowa State
Rivalry
W 56-50[8]  7-1
 16  Woolridge   8  Murray, Millard   5  Settles  Hilton Coliseum (14,267)
Ames, IA
12/16/1995*
No. 9 Texas Southern W 110-67  8-1
 20  Millard   10  Millard   6  Woolridge  Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
12/20/1995*
No. 10 Western Illinois W 93-41  9-1
 15  Settles, Millard   6  Settles, Murray   7  Settles  Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
12/23/1995*
No. 10 Morehead State W 82-57  10-1
 12  Millard   17  Settles   6  Woolridge  Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
12/28/1995*
No. 10 at Colorado W 100-85[9]  11-1
 28  Millard   10  Settles   7  Kingsbury  Coors Events Center (8,953)
Boulder, CO
Big Ten Regular Season
1/3/1996
No. 10 at Purdue L 61-85  11-2
(0-1)
 13  Settles   8  Millard   7  Woolridge  Mackey Arena 
West Lafayette, IN
1/6/1996
No. 10 Minnesota W 92-63  12-2
(1-1)
 20  Millard   10  Millard   9  Woolridge  Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
1/10/1996
No. 11 Ohio State W 81-53  13-2
(2-1)
 20  Settles   9  Settles   7  Woolridge  Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
1/13/1996
No. 11 at Wisconsin L 71-80  13-3
(2-2)
 15  Settles   7  Millard   3  Woolridge, Kingsbury  Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
1/18/1996
No. 16 Illinois W 82-79[10]  14-3
(3-2)
 19  Settles   8  Bowen   6  Woolridge  Carver-Hawkeye Arena 
Iowa City, IA
1/20/1996
No. 16 at Michigan State L 60-62[11]  14-4
(3-3)
 14  Woolridge, Kingsbury   5  Glasper   3  Settles, Woolridge  Breslin Center (14,138)
East Lansing, MI
1/28/1996
No. 22 No. 16 Michigan W 70-61[12][13]  15-4
(4-3)
 28  Woolridge   5  Settles, Millard   9  Settles  Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,560)
Iowa City, IA
1/30/1996
No. 16 at Indiana L 73-76[14]  15-5
(4-4)
 19  Woolridge   7  Settles   5  Woolridge  Assembly Hall 
Bloomington, IN
2/3/1996
No. 16 No. 10 Penn State L 87-95[15] OT 15-6
(4-5)
 23  Settles   5  Settles, Woolridge   7  Woolridge  Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, IA
2/7/1996
No. 19 at Northwestern W 88-77[16]  16-6
(5-5)
 29  Settles   8  Settles   9  Woolridge  Welsh-Ryan Arena (5,488)
Evanston, IL
2/11/1996
No. 19 Indiana W 76-50[17]  17-6
(6-5)
 16  Murray   11  Settles   9  Woolridge  Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, IA
2/13/1996
No. 19 at Michigan W 62-55[18]  18-6
(7-5)
 20  Woolridge   15  Millard   6  Woolridge  Crisler Arena (13,562)
Ann Arbor, MI
2/21/1996
No. 18 Michigan State W 83-47[19]  19-6
(8-5)
 17  Millard   7  Settles   8  Woolridge  Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, IA
2/24/1996
No. 18 at Illinois L 86-91  19-7
(8-6)
 17  Settles   12  Settles   5  Settles  Assembly Hall 
Champaign, IL
2/28/1996
No. 20 Wisconsin W 69-54[20]  20-7
(9-6)
 25  Settles   8  Millard   9  Woolridge  Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, IA
3/2/1996
No. 20 at Ohio State W 73-64[21]  21-7
(10-6)
 19  Settles   9  Millard   8  Woolridge  St. John Arena 
Columbus, OH
3/6/1996
No. 19 at Minnesota L 64-72[22]  21-8
(10-7)
 21  Settles   6  Settles   6  Woolridge  Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
3/9/1996
No. 19 No. 4 Purdue W 56-52[23][24]  22-8
(11-7)
 18  Settles   8  Woolridge   8  Woolridge  Carver-Hawkeye Arena (15,500)
Iowa City, IA
NCAA tournament
3/15/1996*
(6 W) No. 21 vs. (11 W) (11) George Washington
West Regional 1st Round
W 81-79[25]  23-8
(11-7)
 21  Settles   15  Settles   7  Woolridge  Wells Fargo Arena (12,462)
Tempe, AZ
3/17/1996*
(6 W) No. 21 vs. (3 W) No. 11 Arizona
West Regional 2nd Round
L 73-87[26][27]  23-9
(11-7)
 16  Kingsbury   12  Settles   7  Woolridge  Wells Fargo Arena (12,441)
Tempe, AZ
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
W=West.

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Rankings

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Awards and honors

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Team players in the 1996 NBA draft

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
2 39 Russ Millard Phoenix Suns

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References

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